funny ACL stories
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I was on Mike's side about 10 people from the front. We set up when the park opened (11am) and this guy shows up beside us who is already fucked up. He was drinking straight vodka from a water bottle and asking everyone for weed and cigarettes. We knew he wasn't going to last long lol. He had these sunglasses he kept dropping in the mud and eventually he was so drunk/high (11:20 am) that he didn't even bother picking them up. The sunglasses kept being kicked around and people kept asking everyone around if they were their sunglasses. It was hilarious how people would push right into you and invade your space but nobody would step on those sunglasses, and actually people were leaving space for them. The sunglasses lasted the entire show! The guy who was fucked up went to the bathroom (12:45 pm) and never returned.
I was on Mike's side about 10 people from the front. We set up when the park opened (11am) and this guy shows up beside us who is already fucked up. He was drinking straight vodka from a water bottle and asking everyone for weed and cigarettes. We knew he wasn't going to last long lol. He had these sunglasses he kept dropping in the mud and eventually he was so drunk/high (11:20 am) that he didn't even bother picking them up. The sunglasses kept being kicked around and people kept asking everyone around if they were their sunglasses. It was hilarious how people would push right into you and invade your space but nobody would step on those sunglasses, and actually people were leaving space for them. The sunglasses lasted the entire show! The guy who was fucked up went to the bathroom (12:45 pm) and never returned.
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
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haha...yeah...we have a few stories!
we were on Mike's extreme side (5 rows from the Bar near the port-o-johns) for the first 1/4 of the show. it was pretty nuts. piss-drunk people were pushing through...and then came the Divas. a pack of 5-6 women in their late 20's early 30's. they didn't have a single drop of mud on them, were wearing full makeup, etc...you could tell that they'd just arrived. and they were DRUNK as hell. this one girl (we'll call her bitchy diva) starts taking off every guy's hat that was around her & throwing them into the crowd. the first few guys were so drunk that they either didn't notice, or just didn't care. then bitchy diva encountered "sober older guy" and proceeded to rip off his hat & throw it into the crowd. he was not happy....not at all. she was stumbling & laughing at his reaction...this did not help. so the guy walks up to her & gets right in her face & starts screaming at her. saying that hat meant a lot to him & that she needed to find it. she laughed....for a second, it looked like he was going to smack her. instead, he reached up & grabbed her expensive looking headband & ripped it off. he smiled big and launched it deep into the crowd. she looked shocked & looked like she was about to cry. he walked away with a smile & said "enjoy the show"!
about 5 minutes later, this guy in front of me lit a joint. no big deal, right? everyone was doing it @ the fest. well, not everyone did it right in front of a cop that was standing less than 3 feet away!! his festival ended there.
it was pretty nuts near the Bar...and i was trying to relay. the last straw was when my wife was pushed by some drunken a-hole, so i pushed him back and asked him wtf???? so we moved further back & had a great time.I LOVE MUSIC.
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My buds were not going to attempt the mud pit, so they stayed further back....
I started peacefully moving in towards stage right near Stone during the Toadies. Got 20 feet or so from the rail..I was happy. Awesome DW show (YA!!), then while PJ was setting up some either drugged up or drunk 150+ lb short bitch comes rammin through when I was just chillin...sayin "I'm only 4' 10"" and repeating it as she pushed around. When I regained balance I pushed back telling her to deal w/ it...christ..I've let shorter people go in front of me, but not when bull rushed.
My shove got her goin the other way....but...in the end she pushed me and others right to the rail! ....w/out hurting anyone. Her stupidity...our gain.
I HAVE NOT seen that energy from PJ since I've been a fan...close at a few of the VFC shows in '04, but wow...can't imagine an ACL fest closer that could top PJ...ED and the whole band on fire! Ed bombed past us covered w/ mud at the end. I'm his age and felt OLD watching the energy he and the band pulled off....incredible.0 -
i dont know if it was her but one girl tried to get to the rail but a few well placed elbows and one woman who probably would have beat her down stopped her in her tracks.Kingmidget wrote:My buds were not going to attempt the mud pit, so they stayed further back....
I started peacefully moving in towards stage right near Stone during the Toadies. Got 20 feet or so from the rail..I was happy. Awesome DW show (YA!!), then while PJ was setting up some either drugged up or drunk 150+ lb short bitch comes rammin through when I was just chillin...sayin "I'm only 4' 10"" and repeating it as she pushed around. When I regained balance I pushed back telling her to deal w/ it...christ..I've let shorter people go in front of me, but not when bull rushed.
My shove got her goin the other way....but...in the end she pushed me and others right to the rail! ....w/out hurting anyone. Her stupidity...our gain.
I HAVE NOT seen that energy from PJ since I've been a fan...close at a few of the VFC shows in '04, but wow...can't imagine an ACL fest closer that could top PJ...ED and the whole band on fire! Ed bombed past us covered w/ mud at the end. I'm his age and felt OLD watching the energy he and the band pulled off....incredible.
i feel bad for all the poor girls who passed out 10 minutes into the show. ha0 -
Ha! Enjoying all these stories....keep 'em coming.So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
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When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.Touring Fan since 19960
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on the way out of the park, I heard some dude say pearl jam is amazing even on mushrooms. Made me laugh.PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
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Ledbetterdays wrote:When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
that community feeling was how it was at Bonnaroo last year it was great . All the Ten Club peeps kept it PJ fans only which was great, cause then we had our own little spot just for fans, the show then was great too. Glad to see they're playing more festivals again can't wait to see em again.0 -
Ledbetterdays wrote:When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
yeah there really was a community feel to it for sure. Our little circle was keeping people from pushing past us by leaning against each other, it was a wall and there was no getting through! lol By the way...did anyone see the "I Love Clutch" girl during Clutch's set? She was screaming at all the 10c peeps to get up, most of us just ignored her but she somehow managed to wiggle her way to the front row, which was quite an accomplishment seeing as she was 5'1" and 200lbs lol. She also had "I
Clutch" written on her chest and back in black sharpie :roll: “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra0 -
i think if the sun stayed up another hour or two i wouldnt have made it.0
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Opening Band For The Sun wrote:i think if the sun stayed up another hour or two i wouldnt have made it.
same, the conditions were pretty brutal out there“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra0 -
I first off have to say my wife and I had a blast. The bad weather only made it more of an adventure and we still so most of what we wanted to anyway. My wife was a real trooper and even though she gets claustrophobic in crowds, a little Xanax helped her through.
As far as little girls pushing, my wife and I had a little spat with these little brats at Dave Matthews. They kept trying to push my wife out of the way and we both told them we weren't going to let them in the tiny bubble in front of us. They complained they were too short to see and I explained they were too short to see anywhere and to just relax and have a good time. Then this guy who was in front of us before with his buddies had returned from the bathroom so I let him in and I hear my wife yell, "No!" and push me. I realize that little brat was trying to follow that guy in front of us so my elbow goes back. She starts bitchin' about me elbowing her in the chest and how dare I elbow a little girl. I was real tired and all I know is I said, "fuck" a lot at her. She called me immature and said I shouldn't talk to a little girl like that. I laughed in her face and turned around. Eventually they went some other way. The thing is we weren't really all that close, we just didn't want to be crowded.
The next night for Pearl Jam we brought a blanket we bought that day at Walgreens for resting on the beach. It was $4 so after the Dead Weather we found our spot and laid it down in the mud and stood on it. Even though the mud was seeping through and we were muddy on top of it, people were going out of their way to not step on it. My wife and I were laughing the whole time.When FASCISM Comes To America
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what did you guys think of the other bands out there on Sunday? I liked the Toadies and Dead Weather but the Dodo's and Clutch I could have lived without“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra0
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friday night. after KOL. did anyone see trashcan dude?I miss you hippiemom.0
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I was about 10 people back next to the side rail on the left side. We had a hungry group and a guy from the other side kept throwing chocolate covered raisins too us.
The "vulture on a skull on a stick" VS the halloween balloon was FUNNY. The crowd kept yelling "set me free" for the halloween ballon and a battle between the two started. the balloon lost and went drifting to the sky and everyone cheered. It is amazing what will entertain you after you have been standing in mud for 6 hours or more.
A girl about passed out right across the center isle thing from me and had to be carried out 10 minutes from showtime. Everyone was yelling "more space!!!!" hahahahahaha!
After the show, I saw at least five peeps bite the dust and slipped and fell in the mud on the way out. Watching them get up was priceless...one even fell again. Seeing all the random shoes and flip flops in the mud was funny...none of them had their pairs. Also saw glasses and stuff. THEN, there was a guy in a motorized wheelchair...he was HARDCORE.
Funniest was the guy in the lavendar shorts dancing away for the entire B-52's set, flabby stomach and all in time with the music.
Then there was the time that I got my poster and was oh so carefully wrapping it in plastic and dropped it in the mud. I wonder if it is worth something with the actual ACL mud ON it?
Eddie running and diving face first into the mud right in front of me...PRICELESS.Post edited by Evergreen on0 -
Evergreen888 wrote:I was about 10 people back next to the side rail on the left side. We had a hungry group and a guy from the other side kept throwing chocolate covered raisins too us.
The "vulture on a skull on a stick" VS the halloween balloon was FUNNY. The crowd kept yelling "set me free" for the halloween ballon and a battle between the two started. the balloon lost and went drifting to the sky and everyone cheered. It is amazing what will entertain you after you have been standing in mud for 6 hours or more.
A girl about passed out right across the center isle thing from me and had to be carried out 10 minutes from showtime. Everyone was yelling "more space!!!!" hahahahahaha!
After the show, I saw at least five peeps bite the dust and slipped and fell in the mud on the way out. Watching them get up was priceless...one even fell again. Seeing all the random shoes and flip flops in the mud was funny...none of them had their pairs. Also saw glasses and stuff. THEN, there was a guy in a motorized wheelchair...he was HARDCORE.
Funniest was the guy in the lavendar shorts dancing away for the entire B-52's set, flabby stomach and all in time with the music.
Then there was the time that I got my poster and was oh so carefully wrapping it in plastic and dropped it in the mud. I wonder if it is worth something with the actual ACL mud ON it?
Eddie running and diving face first into the mud right in front of me...PRICELESS.
you must have been right next to us but I didn't recognize you there. I was the tall guy in the mad season shirt“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra0 -
^^^ Are you kidding? I thought about yelling to see if there was anyone around me from the board. I was just hanging out with one other fan that I met on facebook. I ditched my family that lives in Austin and was alone.0
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she was two people behind me! i was directly out from stone (about 10 back or so) and all of a sudden this guy standing next to her said "she just dropped and she's all alone, CLEAR A PATH, CLEAR ME A FUCKING PATH NOW!!" he sounded like Joe from Family Guy lol. he picked her up at took her to the side and came back to cheers from the people around us.Evergreen888 wrote:A girl about passed out right across the center isle thing from me and had to be carried out 10 minutes from showtime. Everyone was yelling "more space!!!!" hahahahahaha!
DEAD WEATHER killed it! saw them again last night in dallas for a proper headlining show. the thing we missed from the festival was their light show. AMAZING :shock:
had a bunch of really cool PJ fans around us. we set up a NO BULLDOZING area around us so no one could weasel their way through. we all were crammed back to chest anyway.
the mud walk after the show was a really nice way to end the festival. taking baby steps so we don't fall. that was seriously a magical day. one of the best of my life for sure.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: after the Dead Weather this guy in front of me decided he couldn't take it any more and moved towards the back. he left saying, "enjoy the extra foot"
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red mos wrote:on the way out of the park, I heard some dude say pearl jam is amazing even on mushrooms. Made me laugh.
as evidence of bonnaroo, pearl jam is amazing... especially on mushrooms.0 -
i actually liked all the bands. Toadies never fail to deliver and Clutch played the few awesome songs i knew. never heard of the Dodos but they were pretty interesting. the drummer was pretty cool.yield2me wrote:what did you guys think of the other bands out there on Sunday? I liked the Toadies and Dead Weather but the Dodo's and Clutch I could have lived without0
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